In the Community

Youth activities will return to this year’s salmon festival, giving teens their own area to chill, listen to music and, of course, eat.

When Barbara Goodwin was a teenager, she set her sights on becoming a nurse. She was on track to realizing her dream after completing high school but, while on a practicum at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, she dropped out.

The Steveston Salmon Festival parade will see a number of new and returning entries, but the one festival executive director Janice Froese is especially excited for this year, is a marching band from Calgary.

If you’ve ever wanted to try out a climbing wall, there will be one at the Steveston Salmon Festival, courtesy of the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Salmon festival mascot Sammy the Salmon and the Spirit of Steveston parade float are now an award-winning pair, after nabbing a couple of awards at the recent Hyack Festival in New Westminster.

Giving back to the community through volunteer work has been ingrained in Joanne Nicholson since she can remember.

For a select group of people in Richmond, July 1 marks not only Canada’s birthday and the annual Steveston Salmon Festival, it will be the first day they can finally call themselves, Canadian citizens.

Charlotte Diamond has lived in Richmond for 44 years, but in her 30 years as a renowned, children’s entertainer, she has never performed at “Canada’s biggest little birthday party.” That’s about to change.

Folk-pop singer and songwriter Shari Ulrich has been making music for more than four decades, but this may be her most ambitious year yet. She is releasing three albums in one year. The Bowen Island-based artist currently performs in two groups.

When the smell of BBQ salmon and chow mein hits the air in Steveston, locals know it’s time to celebrate Canada’s biggest little party.